LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Noel William WRIGHT
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 37589 (RAF)
Born: Queensland, 1913
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 77 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Elvington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 77 Squadron Halifax aircraft JD465), Germany, 24 August 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Walgett Wright, and of Elizabeth Ann Wright (nee Stewart); husband of Grace MacLean Wright (nee Swan), of Appleby, Westmorland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
At 2024 hours on 23 August 1943, Halifax JD465 took off from Elvington to attack Berlin, Germany. The aircraft crashed at Biesenthal, Germany, with six crew members killed and two taken as Prisoners of War.
The crew members of JD465 were:
Flight Sergeant Stanley William Abrams (R/180521) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant James Adamson DFM (157277) (RAFVR) PoW
Sergeant Kenneth William Darrah (1396028) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Arnold Richard Downes (1464831) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant Russell Edwards Fuller (1319889) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Robert Barclay Spence (1574008) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer James Park Wood (136888) (RAFVR) PoW
Squadron Leader Noel William Wright (37589) (RAF) (Pilot)
References:
Chorley W R, Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Volume 4 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1943, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1996
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/64/151